Philadelphia Flyers' Sergei Bobrovsky, of Russia, cannot block a goal by New York Rangers' Ryan Callahan during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) (Matt Slocum/AP)

Philadelphia Flyers' Sergei Bobrovsky, of Russia, cannot block a goal by New York Rangers' Ryan Callahan during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)(Matt Slocum/AP)

PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Callahan scored three goals as the New York Rangers beat Philadelphia 5-2 on Saturday for their seventh straight win over the Flyers.

Marian Gaborik and Artem Anisimov also had goals for the Eastern Conference-leading Rangers, who improved to 5-0 against the Flyers this season.

Philadelphia Flyers' Sergei Bobrovsky, of Russia, cannot block a goal by New York Rangers' Ryan Callahan during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Philadelphia. The Rangers won 5-2. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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It was a rare display on special teams that catapulted the Rangers to their second victory over Philadelphia in seven days. New York had a season-high three goals on the power play to increase their lead to six points over the Flyers in the Atlantic Division with two games in hand.

The Rangers entered with the fourth-worst, power-play unit in the NHL, converting just 13.4 per cent of their chances.

Claude Giroux and Wayne Simmonds had Philadelphia's goals. The Flyers have lost four of five, and are losing their hold on fourth place in the East.

Henrik Lundqvist had 31 saves in the victory.

LIGHTNING 2, SABRES 1

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Steven Stamkos had a goal and assist, and the resurgent Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Saturday night for their seventh win in 10 games.

Mathieu Garon made 26 saves, and Steve Downie also scored during the Lightning's two-goal second period. Tampa Bay (24-24-6) is on a 7-1-2 roll and has earned at least a point in a season-high four straight road games (3-0-1).

Jason Pominville scored Buffalo's lone goal 7:07 into the third period in a game in which the Sabres came out flat while playing for the third time in four nights. The Sabres managed 13 shots through two periods and 27 overall.

Buffalo failed to earn a point for the first time in seven games (5-1-1), and lost in regulation at home for the first time in 11 (6-1-4), dating to a 4-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Dec. 10.

Sean Bergenheim, Kris Versteeg and Mikael Samuelsson scored for the Panthers, who have won four of six. Florida stretched its Southeast Division-lead over Washington to two points with just its second road win in 12 games.

Steve Bernier scored for the Devils and Martin Brodeur made 18 saves, but New Jersey has lost two straight for the first time since a three-game skid from Jan. 19-24.

Bernier and Bergenheim traded goals in the first period. It was Bernier's first goal since Feb. 10, 2011.

Andrei Loktionov scored his first goal of the season to tie it for the Kings at 5:20 of the second period. The rebound goal originally was credited to captain Dustin Brown.

Evgeni Nabokov made 34 saves to earn the win. In his last three starts against the Kings — all wins — Nabokov has stopped 103 of 106 shots.

The Kings have scored just six goals in five games on their trip, and three came in their lone win over Tampa Bay.

BLUE JACKETS 3, WILD 1

ST. PAUL, Min. — R.J. Umberger scored two goals, one on a power play with 21 seconds left in the second period to send the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-1 victory over the stumbling Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.

Defenseman James Wisniewski had an empty-net goal in the final minute and added an assist in his first time back from a 17-game absence because of an ankle injury. Rick Nash assisted on both of Umberger's goals to give the NHL-worst Blue Jackets their second win this week against the Wild.

Devin Setoguchi had a goal for the second straight game for Minnesota.

COYOTES 3, BLACKHAWKS 0

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Mike Smith stopped 38 shots for his third shutout this season and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 Saturday night.

Radim Vrbata, Boyd Gordon and Kyle Chipchura scored for the Coyotes, who won their fifth straight to pull within three points of Chicago in the Western Conference standings.

Phoenix stands in eighth place in the West, just two points ahead of Colorado, which lost to St. Louis 3-2 in overtime earlier Saturday.

The Blackhawks lost their eighth straight overall — their longest skid since the 2007-08 season — and 10th in a row on the road. Chicago's last win came with a 3-1 victory over Florida on Jan. 20.

BLUES 3, AVALANCHE 2 (OT)

ST. LOUIS — Carlo Colaiacovo scored 3:18 into overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night.

David Perron added two goals and an assist as the Blues won for the fourth time in five games and improved to 15-0-3 in their last 18 at home. St. Louis, which is among the NHL's best home teams at 23-3-4, has recorded at least one point in a franchise-record 18 straight games overall.

Shane O'Brien and Erik Johnson scored for the Avalanche, who snapped a two-game winning streak with their sixth loss in eight games.

Colaiacovo tipped in a shot from Patrik Berglund to help the Blues improve to 5-7 in overtime games.

FLAMES 3, CANUCKS 2 (SO)

CALGARY — Jarome Iginla scored the shootout winner and Calgary beat Vancouver to earn an important two points.

The shootout was tied through two rounds, with Olli Jokinen scoring for Calgary and Alex Burrows replying for Vancouver, which set the stage for Iginla — the Flames' captain and all-time leading scorer.

Iginla put the Flames ahead when he faked a shot, drew it around Roberto Luongo and jammed it in while he was falling. Miikka Kiprusoff denied Mason Raymond to clinch the victory.

Mike Cammalleri and rookie Roman Horak scored for Calgary.

Cody Hodgson and David Booth scored as Vancouver closed a 3-0-1 road trip.

PENGUINS 8, JETS 5

PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin added to his NHL-leading point total, registering a goal and four assists as Pittsburgh rolled past Winnipeg.

Kris Letang scored twice and had an assist for the Penguins. Richard Park notched his 100th career NHL goal, and Jordan Staal scored in his first game after missing more than a month with a left knee injury.

James Neal, Chris Kunitz and Dustin Jeffery also scored for the Penguins, who erased an early 2-0 deficit and won their fifth straight home game.

Tim Stapleton, Dustin Byfuglien and Bryan Little all had a goal and an assist for the Jets, but Winnipeg couldn't keep up when the Penguins got going. Ondrej Pavelec stopped just 31 of 39 shots and fell to 1-9 against Pittsburgh.

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